LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Fasciculaciones y calambres: bases fisiológicas y enfrentamiento clínico de un fenómeno complejo

Acosta, Ignacio; Bastías, Pablo; Matamala, José Manuel.

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (12), 2021

Fasciculations and cramps originate in the motor unit, a functional unit that includes the lower motor neuron and their innervated muscle fibres. Both are common complaints in outpatient practice. These symptoms can be secondary to neurological or medical pathology, presenting a broad differential diagno...

Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/complicaciones, Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/diagnóstico, Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/terapia, Electromiografía/efectos adversos, Fasciculación/diagnóstico, Fasciculación/etiología, Fasciculación/terapia, Neuronas Motoras/fisiología, Calambre Muscular/diagnóstico, Calambre Muscular/etiología, Calambre Muscular/terapia

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Denny-Brown and Pennybacker: 80 years after their pioneering article on electromyography, fibrillation and fasciculation

ABSTRACT We present a historical review, highlighting the role of Professor Derek Denny-Brown and doctor Joseph Buford Pennybacker in the development of current electromyography (EMG), of the 80 years since the publication of his original report in 1938 on fasciculation and fibrillation potentials and th...